Transsexual runs for deputy seat in Turkey
Thu 07 April 2011 06:45 GMT | 2:45
http://www.news.az/articles/turkey/33938 (http://www.news.az/articles/turkey/33938)
A transsexual CHP candidate nominee with a heart in politics.
Oyku Ozen, a transsexual from the northwestern province of Bursa, has filed to be a candidate for deputy from the main opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP.
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Ozen noted that politicians have looked down on gays and transsexuals for some time. She asked: "Why can't a transsexual woman be a candidate? Who will be the voice of sex workers in nightlife? They even don't knock on our door to ask for our vote."